College

Augmon played college basketball for four years at UNLV and won the 1990 NCAA Championship with them. Augmon was the first three-time winner of the NABC Defensive Player of the Year, winning the award in 1989, 1990, and 1991. He is a class of 2002 member of the UNLV Athletic Hall of Fame along with teammates Greg Anthony and Larry Johnson.

NBA career

Augmon was drafted by the Atlanta Hawks with the ninth pick of the 1991 NBA Draft. Upon Augmon being chosen, Bill Walton famously said "Russell begat Kareem, Kareem begat Magic, and so Magic has begat the Plastic Man." He was the first player in the top ten draft picks to work out a deal, a 5-year contract worth between 6.5 and 7 million dollars. Augmon has played for the Hawks, the Detroit Pistons, the Portland Trail Blazers, the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets, and the Magic. He holds a scoring average of 8.0 points per game throughout his career.

The Magic decided not to re-sign Augmon for the 2006-07 NBA season, making him an unrestricted free agent. On October 3, 2007, the Denver Nuggets announced the signing of the 15-year veteran, but he was later waived on the 24th. One month and three days later, Denver re-hired Augmon, this time as a player development coach.

Post-playing Career

Augmon is based from L.A. County and a president of a bike club. In May 2011, he left the Denver Nuggets to join the staff of former Rebels teammate Dave Rice as an assistant coach for UNLV.

Controversy

During the 2004-2005 season, Augmon was investigated by the league for two incidents. He had already refused to speak to the media, which violated league rules.

The first was following a game March 11, 2005. Greg Sandoval from The Washington Post wrote, "As reporters gathered around the locker of Magic guard Jameer Nelson, a female reporter for a local TV station kneeled down to give cameramen a clear shot and to place a microphone near Nelson, who was sitting. Augmon, whose locker is near Nelson's, made a comment about the woman being on her knees in front of a player that involved a reference to oral sex, a witness told the newspaper."

Two nights later on March 13, Sandoval continues, "Augmon became angered over a question that an Orlando Sentinel reporter asked Magic guard Steve Francis. "That's a stupid question," Augmon allegedly said, according to several reports. When a male Florida Today reporter told Augmon that they were interviewing Francis and not him, Augmon shouted obscenities and began moving toward the reporter. A Magic employee stepped in front of Augmon, who then threw a bottle of lotion at the reporter. The bottle did not strike the reporter but some of its contents splashed his clothes."

NBA career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1991-92	Atlanta	82	82	30.5	.489	.167	.666	5.1	2.5	1.5	.3	13.3
1992-93	Atlanta	73	66	28.9	.501	.000	.739	3.9	2.3	1.2	.2	14.0
1993-94	Atlanta	82	82	31.8	.510	.143	.764	4.8	2.3	1.8	.6	14.8
1994-95	Atlanta	76	76	31.1	.453	.269	.728	4.8	2.6	1.3	.6	13.9
1995-96	Atlanta	77	49	29.8	.491	.250	.792	3.9	1.8	1.4	.4	12.7
1996-97	Detroit	20	3	14.6	.403	.000	.683	2.5	.8	.5	.5	4.5
1996-97	Portland	40	7	16.3	.517	.000	.732	2.2	1.0	.8	.2	4.7
1997-98	Portland	71	23	20.4	.414	.143	.603	3.3	1.2	.8	.4	5.7
1998-99	Portland	48	21	18.2	.448	.000	.684	2.6	1.2	1.2	.4	4.3
1999-00	Portland	59	0	11.7	.474	.000	.673	2.0	.9	.5	.2	3.4
2000-01	Portland	66	23	17.9	.477	.000	.655	2.4	1.5	.7	.3	4.7
2001-02	Charlotte	77	3	17.1	.427	.000	.762	2.9	1.3	.7	.2	4.6
2002-03	New Orleans	70	3	12.3	.411	.000	.750	1.7	1.0	.4	.1	3.0
2003-04	New Orleans	69	24	20.5	.412	.143	.791	2.5	1.2	.8	.2	5.8
2004-05	Orlando	55	7	12.1	.407	.000	.740	1.8	.7	.4	.2	3.5
2005-06	Orlando	36	3	10.7	.342	.000	.700	1.5	.6	.3	.2	2.0
Career		1001	472	21.6	.469	.152	.728	3.2	1.6	1.0	.3	8.0

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1992-93	Atlanta	3	3	31.0	.452	.000	.667	2.7	1.7	1.3	.0	12.0
1993-94	Atlanta	11	11	29.5	.517	.000	.711	2.6	2.5	.6	.2	10.8
1994-95	Atlanta	3	1	17.3	.429	.000	.750	2.3	1.7	1.0	.0	7.0
1995-96	Atlanta	10	10	31.4	.486	.000	.825	3.6	2.7	1.1	.6	10.3
1997-98	Portland	4	0	7.0	.500	.000	.500	.8	.3	.5	.2	1.3
1998-99	Portland	13	0	13.5	.357	.000	.833	2.5	.4	.6	.2	2.7
1999-00	Portland	7	0	4.9	.333	.000	.500	.3	.0	.0	.0	1.3
2000-01	Portland	2	0	14.0	.400	.000	1.000	2.0	2.0	.5	.0	5.0
2001-02	Charlotte	9	0	16.9	.390	.000	.762	3.0	1.4	1.1	.1	5.3
2002-03	New Orleans	4	0	17.3	.333	.000	.875	2.5	.8	.8	.0	4.3
2003-04	New Orleans	7	0	24.0	.375	.000	.889	2.7	1.0	.9	.1	7.4
Career		77	25	19.1	.438	.000	.780	2.3	1.3	.7	.2	6.0

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